indian subcontinent

How could the Nepalese monarchy survive? Preventing the 2001 massacre is a must, but at that point Nepal was also dealing with a Maoist insurgency, and the country's development had been lagging for a long time. The country was moving towards parliamentary democracy in the late 50's, but King...

Hemu was a Hindu merchant who rose in wealth and power during the days of the Sur Empire, eventually becoming a general. In the turmoil that ensued in the 1550s, with said empire gradually tearing itself apart and the Mughals reasserting their presence in northern India, Hemu captured Delhi in...

Like overall if, we're going from a POD, what kind of reforms would the countries of the Indian Subcontinent need to take (if no other country changes unless otherwise) for them to achieve a similar growth trajectory of China? I'm just trying to understand what kind of policies would need to be...

While not as well remembered in this site as the Battle of Plassey, the Battle of Buxar was just as (if not even more) important in the establishment of British hegemony in India, since it consolidated their control of Bengal and turned Oudh/Awadh into their puppet. What if they lost...

I was rifling through the history of Pakistan and India during and after Partition and looked at these potential PoDs. Let's say....... [1] - In 1948 Jinnah agrees with the opposition parties and makes English the governmental language, whilst making each province (including east pakistan)...

Your challenge is to switch the fates of new independent states in the Middle East and the Indian Subcontinent after independence from the British Empire. For example: North India (capitalist) and South India (communist) unites like how Yemen united with its communist counterpart near the end...

Sikhism is one of the world's youngest religion that grew in the fertile and multi religious province of Punjab and has both religious influences from Islam and Hinduism Yet it does not even make up the majority of the Punjab region for many reasons such as persecution, strong opposition and...

Can a Communist Subcontinent Exist with a POD , Essentially a United British Raj that is Communist in Nature , This is inspired by my previous post called DBWI - No Communist India, and even though that was made for fun, it got me thinking how a Communist India would be in nature and how it...

Indian Subcontinent, Along with China has been one of the most populated,richest and ancient places on earth , however, Whereas China has been united for most of history, The Subcontinent has been politically, religiously and linguistically divided for most of its history, as such is there a way...

What if by the 20th Century, Indian Subcontinent was Majority(90%) Muslim in religious demographics due to religious conversions similar to Indonesia , How will it affect India in the 19th century as well as in the future during the Independence How will Indian Independence Movement be in this...

What happens if shortly after the Liberation War the former province of East Pakistan decides to apply to join the Union of India in gratitude for India's help? And India agrees? How is India effected?

So in this case the POD is 1989 where all the countries of the Indian Subcontinent experience some changes which allows for them to experience highers amounts of growth and results in them gaining wealth. As a result by 2019 all of the countries are upper middle income nations with their...

How Indian subcontinent would have looked like today had Maratha crippled the British completely in 1818 making them unable to maintain any military strength in India (just like how Travancore kingdom decimated Dutch Navy in the Battle of Colachel)

The choice of Wendell Willkie, who, only four years prior was running against Roosevelt as a Republican, as Roosevelt’s running mate shocked the American political world. However, it soon became clear what Roosevelt was trying to do. 80 years ago, president Abraham Lincoln, a Republican, ran for...